21.   Nine soldiers also were injured in the fighting between soldiers and rebels battling for a Tamil homeland in the north and the east.

22.   Prabhakaran has vowed to continue fighting for an independent Tamil homeland even if government forces capture Jaffna.

23.   Prabhakaran vowed to continue the fight for an independent Tamil homeland even if government forces capture Jaffna.

24.   Since it was founded, the LTTE has attacked military targets as part of its campaign to form a separate Tamil homeland.

25.   Suicide truck bombings are a hallmark of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the main group fighting for a separate Tamil homeland on this Indian Ocean island.

26.   Tamil Tiger rebels are fighting for an independent Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka.

27.   Tamil rebels are fighting to create an independent Tamil homeland in the north and east of Sri Lanka.

28.   Tamil militants dislike Devananda because he now sides with the government and advocates a peaceful settlement of the Tamil homeland issue.

29.   The guerrillas are fighting for a Tamil homeland in northern and eastern Sri Lanka, claiming the powerful Sinhalese majority discriminates against them.

30.   The guerrillas have been fighting for a Tamil homeland in the north and the east.